The Western wildlife Conservancies Association (WWCA) is honored to participate in the 2025 National Conservancies Leaders Policy Conference & Annual General Meeting, convened by the Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association. This pivotal gathering brings together Kenya’s conservation leaders at a critical time for the national conservancy movement, offering a space to reflect, realign, and respond to emerging opportunities and challenges in policy, financing, and governance.
This year’s Policy Conference and AGM align with KWCA’s 2024–2030 Strategic Plan, which emphasizes resilience, self-reliance, and adaptive governance—values that WWCA actively supports in its work with community-led conservation and climate finance. The event provides a crucial platform for WWCA to engage in meaningful dialogue, share technical insights, and contribute to shaping the future of Kenya’s conservancy model.
WWCA is particularly committed to supporting KWCA’s goal of building awareness around carbon markets. As a leader in community-based carbon finance, WWCA sees the conference’s focus on carbon as timely and essential. Conservancies—spanning vast, biodiverse, and community-managed landscapes—have immense potential to contribute to carbon sequestration and climate resilience. However, navigating the carbon market requires deep technical understanding, policy alignment, and access to safeguards that protect communities’ rights and interests.
During the Carbon Conference, held in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, WWCA will engage with fellow conservation practitioners, government representatives, and private sector stakeholders to demystify carbon markets. Sessions will delve into Kenya’s evolving carbon policies, highlight best practices from existing community carbon projects, and explore pathways to ensure fair and transparent benefit-sharing.
As KWCA enters a new phase of leadership and strategic direction, WWCA remains committed to upholding the principles of transparency, accountability, and inclusive governance that form the foundation of Kenya’s conservancy network.
WWCA’s participation in the 2025 KWCA Policy Conference and AGM reflects our unwavering commitment to community-led conservation, climate resilience, and equitable development. We are proud to stand with KWCA and the broader conservancy movement in shaping a future where biodiversity conservation and community well-being go hand in hand. Together, we are building a conservation model rooted in resilience, equity, and sustainability one that will endure for generations to come.
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This year’s Policy Conference and AGM align with KWCA’s 2024–2030 Strategic Plan, which emphasizes resilience, self-reliance, and adaptive governance—values that WWCA actively supports in its work with community-led conservation and climate finance. The event provides a crucial platform for WWCA to engage in meaningful dialogue, share technical insights, and contribute to shaping the future of Kenya’s conservancy model.
WWCA is particularly committed to supporting KWCA’s goal of building awareness around carbon markets. As a leader in community-based carbon finance, WWCA sees the conference’s focus on carbon as timely and essential. Conservancies—spanning vast, biodiverse, and community-managed landscapes—have immense potential to contribute to carbon sequestration and climate resilience. However, navigating the carbon market requires deep technical understanding, policy alignment, and access to safeguards that protect communities’ rights and interests.
During the Carbon Conference, held in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, WWCA will engage with fellow conservation practitioners, government representatives, and private sector stakeholders to demystify carbon markets. Sessions will delve into Kenya’s evolving carbon policies, highlight best practices from existing community carbon projects, and explore pathways to ensure fair and transparent benefit-sharing.
As KWCA enters a new phase of leadership and strategic direction, WWCA remains committed to upholding the principles of transparency, accountability, and inclusive governance that form the foundation of Kenya’s conservancy network.
WWCA’s participation in the 2025 KWCA Policy Conference and AGM reflects our unwavering commitment to community-led conservation, climate resilience, and equitable development. We are proud to stand with KWCA and the broader conservancy movement in shaping a future where biodiversity conservation and community well-being go hand in hand. Together, we are building a conservation model rooted in resilience, equity, and sustainability one that will endure for generations to come.